BUNKAI: Secrets of Karate Kata
The Tekki Series
by Elmar T. Schmeisser, Ph.D.

"A true breakthrough in martial arts publishing!"
--Karate-do Times

"Carefully organized, coherent, and firmly rooted in a sense of reality. Dr. Schmeisser has done what many instructors have not yet been able to demonstrate, a cohesive and articulate interpretation of the techniques of the Tekki kata."
--Taniguchi Takao, 5th Dan, JKA
Terai-machi, Ishikawa-ken, Japan

"With no wasted space on preliminaries or filler, Dr. Schmeisser dives into the subject offering unique, imaginative but nonetheless applicable interpretations of karate forms which most practitioners have heretofore justified with fanciful and non-functional explanations."
--Tony Annesi, Takeshin Sogo Budo
author of Cracking the Kata Code

Utilizing over 330 photographs, Bunkai: Secrets of Karate Kata - The Tekki Series, for the first time in publishing history, allows a continuous visualization of an opponent during an enitre kata, without missing OR overlapping motions in the kata sequence. This volume covers all three traditional karate Tekki kata: Tekki Shodan, Tekki Nidan, and Tekki Sandan. In this book, Dr. Schmeisser brings the Tekki kata of the Shotokan style to life as they have never been seen before!

The author, a 7th degree black belt and Kyoshi of the International Society of Okinawan/Japanese Karate-do, is a renowned pioneer in the analysis and application of karate kata. His first book, Advanced Karate-do: Concepts, Techniques, and Training Methods, a bestseller in the martial arts community, has just been completely revised and re-issued.